Having been born into a life of wealth and privilege, Edith Wharton was part of the small clique of aristocratic families that held sway over the social and cultural life of New York city at the turn of the nineteenth century. In The Age of Innocence, Wharton looks back fondly on the life that was e
The Age of Innocence
โ Scribed by Edith Wharton
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0679642072
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โฆ Synopsis
Newland Archer saw little to envy in the marriages of his friends, yet he prided himself that in May Welland he had found the companion of his needs--tender and impressionable, with equal purity of mind and manners. The engagement was announced discreetly, but all of New York society was soon privy to this most perfect match, a union of families and circumstances cemented by affection.
Enter Countess Olenska, a woman of quick wit sharpened by experience, not afraid to flout convention and determined to find freedom in divorce. Against his judgment, Newland is drawn to the socially ostracized Ellen Olenska, who opens his eyes and has the power to make him feel. He knows that in sweet-tempered May, he can expect stability and the steadying comfort of duty. But what new worlds could he discover with Ellen? Written with elegance and wry precision, Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece is a tragic love story and a powerful homily about the perils of a perfect...
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